Back in 1995, I was a powertrain development engineer for GM working out of Ypsilanti, MI. Though I was not a Corvette engineer, I did get the opportunity to test (play with) the C4 and C5 Vettes. The C5 was a true game changer with its ergonomics, power delivery, and overall design. I recall taking a heavily camouflaged C5 $1M prototype on the Desert Proving Grounds high speed test track in Mesa, AZ. Unfortunately the GM Desert Proving Grounds no longer exists. I did an unauthorized high speed test run well over 120 mph, just being a 26 year old engineer, and almost got in big trouble. Thank goodness one of my buddies, Jim Miller, who worked full time at the Desert Proving Grounds covered my butt by saying I was authorized to drive the very expensive prototype, yet I don't know how he got me out of trouble for not wearing a helmet nor getting the track shut down for the high speed runs. I just recall that it was so easy going fast. Jim said that later in the week, they were doing 200 mph high speed runs in that same prototype and it sounded like a jet fighter taking off with full afterburners. Later in 1996, I got a 7-day opportunity to drive on the Phoenix, AZ public roads an early pre-production C5 without any camouflage. The actual design was already publicly released, but the car was not yet for sale. Wow was that a fun ride and an attention getter! Every chance I got, I did a zero to ??? To my amazement, I rarely lit up the tires (and never got caught by the police). I could not stop at a red light without all the guys looking at the C5. Yes, only the guys knew what it was and were curious. I even stopped to eat at a Taco Bell and there were two guys in the store talking about the C5, without knowing I was driving it. I asked if they wanted to see it and I word take them for rides. Of course they said yes and they were appreciative. I still wonder if either of them eventually purchased a C5? The C5's clutch was very heavy and by the time I got into my Saturn SC2, I thought my Saturn's clutch was broken since I nearly put my foot to the floor! I left GM many years ago, but the new Corvettes look exponentially more amazing than the C5. Thanks Motorweek for running the Retro series. It brings up a lot of fond memories. Also, thank you GM for paying me to have so much fun!
In August 1966, as a starting GMI /GM Engineering co-op student (same program Mary Barra would enter 13 years later), I was walking across the plant floor and stumbled across a kewl car like nothing I had ever seen before: the new, unreleased yet, small, Coke-bottle-shaped 1967 Camaro... gold, 327" 210 HP 2 bbl. V8, 3 on the floor... I still remember the details...
I'm disappointed that my Ford's voltmeter isn't real... it's just an idiot light with a pointer... it either reads nothing... or half scale... 'Ford had a better idea' ???
The Corvette of my childhood. Roaring and rumbling LS1 V8 , incredibly sexy styling that evokes real emotions, pop-up headlights. The C5 will forever have a place in my heart.
Thoroughly enjoyed owning mine. As a pilot, it is as close to an aircraft as you can get without lift off. If you could think it, it could do it... accelerate, stop, corner... marvelous.
The C5 Z06 was about 5 years ahead of its time in performance. I was in my early 20's when I got my 01' Z06, one of most memorable experiences to this day. Hell even today, it can still hold its own performance wise with fresh tires. Obviously the interior is very dated though.
Lol no it wasn't! The C5 zo6 was very good for the time especially for the price but there was at least 20 cars that were ahead of this in almost ever aspect except for price.
Those glorious, flowing aero curves... somehow they seem to look even better after twenty years. Stole many a heart back in 1997 and really seem to hold up damn nicely against all the overcomplicated tripe churned out by the establishment today...
I actually own a 1997 C5 which was the lowest production number for all Corvette C5 years with under 10,000 produced. I bought it with 50,000 miles 6 years ago it now has 90k and still get compliments all the time because it's Red paint still looks new. Even when I buy a newer corvette I will never sell my first corvette it has sentimental value.
I remember seeing an elderly man driving a rare Corvette C5 Special Edition in bright red with red/black interior at a high school homecoming football game in Branchville, SC in October 2017! It had everything that you expect in a high-end sports car!
This is the vette that put them back on the map. It was a great buy back then. I wouldn't have believed that by 2018, the hot vette would be over 700hp and look like a race car.
Brad Conklin i agree with you to a point, but i believe the 1992 corvette with the new (for 1992) LT1 engine deserves credit for finally getting great power to the base vette 300HP.....where as before if you wanted power with your vette you had to spend more then double the price of a base vette to get the ZR1 vette....
Well now we have the C8....that’s one bad ass game changing vette. But I still agree that the c5 was the perfect corvette. It is what a corvette is supposed to be and more. Can’t wait to buy one eventually
@@KSUBSWITHNOVIDEOS-zl9np The C8 is a game changer for sure, but it just doesn't have the American look that typifies what a Corvette should be, IMO. Frankly, I think the C7 is a better looking car.
Kevin Moondust you are 100% correct. The fuck tards that comment LOL or LOLOLO or STFU drive 4 door Honda accords. Know nothing dreamers. If they can’t own, they attempt to put the car down. C5 is a BEAST! Zero rattles too!!
Sensei Corey. Well, theres really nothing negative to say about the Neon. No, its not the most refined or best assembled car out there but it is astonishingly honest about its purpose. And it fulfills that purpose very well. Its a value segment car that gives you near midsized accommodations for compact pricing, it offers more than competitive performance even in its lowest trim, with numbers that dog the SE-R and Si while trouncing those cars entry level variants.
Sensei Corey. Got any specifics? Like i said, this pos absolutely trounced ever other compact car at the time in raw performance comparing base models. They are still a go-to choice for compact circle track cars because they pack a punch and are more durable than most. They offered more space than most of the class also. They didnt have great fit and finish and their interiors were cheap and prone to breaking, but in over all reliability they were dead average. In the end they were a perfectly serviceable small car for many people.
Oh, I like the Corvette, and the C5 was revolutionary in many ways (drag coefficient, weight distribution, hydroforming, active handling, the works), but ultimately I feel the LS series has had a greater impact overall given how long it's endured in various guises and all the vehicles it's been used in... right up to and including the present day. But the C5 is still a seriously good car.
Algernon Ilfracombe Of course, the LS1 had a great impact, but we are talking Corvette not engines. This car was a game changer and made the Corvette what it is today after many bland years (with low sales numbers I might add) of the C4. /discussion
The real brilliance of the C5 is the chassis. Early on it was let down by the horrible Goodyear runflats, but the right bones were there. The car is only a few parts away from an extremely good track car, even twenty years later.
I think that car is more suitable for motorweek to do the track shot of the car racing rather than slalom brake and take off!! Plus they mostly want to show the plant that made the car as well!!
Corvette is a american heart like an eagle , represent the power of America, thank you USA for make a monster car of all time, this is for you chevrolet 👊🇺🇸
great video. almost like a condensed version of “all corvettes are red” which i read after i bought my 1999 Hardtop last April. amazing car at now 20k miles, bone stock and still smells like new inside.
But I won two SCCA CFR Solo II Championships with my 2000 C5. I also visited Le Mans with mine and other C5 Registry members back in 2000 as well. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it was/still is beautiful in mine. I bought it after never getting better than 2nd place in my 1997 and 1999 911's. To each their own!
Man this is so cool to see how amazing the C5 was, I have a C5 Z06 and my entire youtube channel is just POV driving in it. the pop up healights look sooo good when down ha!
Cut my teeth working on this generation of vette at the chevy dealer I worked on out of school. I think I will always love them even if they are tame compared to current sports cars.
I toured the Bowling Green plant on the way to Florida in the spring of 97. It was a thrill and I fell in love with the C5 then and there. I ordered a 98 C5 coupe that fall and took delivery in January. There was a delay because it was a manual trans car. I still have it but it only has 3400 miles. I'll put some more break-in miles on it when I retire in a couple of years. I resisted the temptation to trade it for a C6 or C7 due to my preference for the C5 styling. The newer ones look too much like batmobiles.
I'm a huge C5 fan and I've owned 2 so far and am looking for my 3rd! However... this is the first review I've watched where someone actually complimented the C5 interior and said it "feels expensive". I respectfully disagree, but it's a very comfortable car and I don't mind the interior overall, but expensive feeling it is not. It is however very ergonomic and more than acceptable for the time period it was produced. If you're thinking about getting a C5, I couldn't recommend it more. It's one of the most fun cars to drive, period. Also very reliable and mod friendly. I do recommend the 6 speed manual by a long shot. The auto is alright, but the manual is a very enjoyable experience. If you don't know how to drive a manual, learn!
When the C7 went on sale and someone asked my opinion, I said "This is the first time it looks much different from the 1984 Corvette." I wanted a C5 even though it looked so similar to the previous Corvette.
From a purely aesthetic standpoint, the sleek minimalist feline stance of this 1997 model Corvette is far easier on the eyes than the current generation of 'Vette's sporting multiple complex scoops, air intake ducts, and spoilers. Certainly, overall road-handling performance improves with each Corvette iteration that emerges, but that said, some vehicle shapes will stand the test of time, while others clearly won't.
everyone clamoring that the LS1 was weaker than the much more expensive limited run LT4/LT5 models of the C4: the base LS1 was more powerful than the base LT1 it replaced. the LS6 was able to match the ZR-1's power later, and the Z06 didn't cost like $70,000 like ZR-1 (it was ~$48,000 according to the Google), with a superior chassis. it's honestly incredible GM got so much life out of the C4, 13 model years.
Shawn Kemp v6 still better looking all corvettes before the c6 had hideous rears c6 perfected the look until the c7 didn't stick to the iconic taillights
Shawn Kemp I think it looks like the c5 but it's more modern refined it still has the same curves but anyways I'm a die hard chevy fan and I own an 08 corvette and thinking to get a c6 z06 on December
First for the all aluminum "LS1" V8. Its kind of crazy because this V8 architecture is still same stuff that powers your new model year 2021 Silverado truck, Tahoe, Suburban, Denali, Escalade, etc. Main thing I like is GM put this same damn aluminum block LS1 V8 in the Camaro Z28 and SS. Pontiac got a bit more fancy with their trim levels and offered the LS1 V8 in Firebird Formula, Firebird Trans Am, and Firebird Firehawk trims. Main thing was in any of these F-body trims you were just as fast as a C5 Corvette in the straight line. I had a 1999 Z28 automatic with a modified intake and no muffler. Straight up spanked a new stock C5 automatic and six speed car at the 1/8 mile drag strip.
20 years old and still looks amazing!
James Walsh I’ll tell you, i sold my ‘89 and got an ‘01 6 speed. I can’t stop staring at it. 8 months later!!
SonnyGTA how much did it cost? I’m looking into one!
10K SUBS WITH NO VIDEOS 12500 can get you a clean c5 with less than 100k miles on it.
@@SonnyGTA just
Just got. A97 vette
Back in 1995, I was a powertrain development engineer for GM working out of Ypsilanti, MI. Though I was not a Corvette engineer, I did get the opportunity to test (play with) the C4 and C5 Vettes. The C5 was a true game changer with its ergonomics, power delivery, and overall design. I recall taking a heavily camouflaged C5 $1M prototype on the Desert Proving Grounds high speed test track in Mesa, AZ. Unfortunately the GM Desert Proving Grounds no longer exists. I did an unauthorized high speed test run well over 120 mph, just being a 26 year old engineer, and almost got in big trouble. Thank goodness one of my buddies, Jim Miller, who worked full time at the Desert Proving Grounds covered my butt by saying I was authorized to drive the very expensive prototype, yet I don't know how he got me out of trouble for not wearing a helmet nor getting the track shut down for the high speed runs. I just recall that it was so easy going fast. Jim said that later in the week, they were doing 200 mph high speed runs in that same prototype and it sounded like a jet fighter taking off with full afterburners.
Later in 1996, I got a 7-day opportunity to drive on the Phoenix, AZ public roads an early pre-production C5 without any camouflage. The actual design was already publicly released, but the car was not yet for sale. Wow was that a fun ride and an attention getter! Every chance I got, I did a zero to ??? To my amazement, I rarely lit up the tires (and never got caught by the police). I could not stop at a red light without all the guys looking at the C5. Yes, only the guys knew what it was and were curious. I even stopped to eat at a Taco Bell and there were two guys in the store talking about the C5, without knowing I was driving it. I asked if they wanted to see it and I word take them for rides. Of course they said yes and they were appreciative. I still wonder if either of them eventually purchased a C5?
The C5's clutch was very heavy and by the time I got into my Saturn SC2, I thought my Saturn's clutch was broken since I nearly put my foot to the floor! I left GM many years ago, but the new Corvettes look exponentially more amazing than the C5.
Thanks Motorweek for running the Retro series. It brings up a lot of fond memories. Also, thank you GM for paying me to have so much fun!
BobNarz did you ever fiddle with the 4th generation Trans Ams and Camaros being a powertrain development engineer?
Great story thanks for sharing
Thanks for the story
In August 1966, as a starting GMI /GM Engineering co-op student (same program Mary Barra would enter 13 years later), I was walking across the plant floor and stumbled across a kewl car like nothing I had ever seen before: the new, unreleased yet, small, Coke-bottle-shaped 1967 Camaro... gold, 327" 210 HP 2 bbl. V8, 3 on the floor... I still remember the details...
Im so jealous lol
last gen of the iconic flip top headlights.
SteelCity1981 yeah, corvettes aren’t the same without them
SteelCity1981 Love Those. Sexy Esp In The C5 ☺️
I love the Corvette but I do miss the flip top headlights.
Pop up, c4 was the only generation with flipping headlights
@@jeffersongraves5295 im sure it was c3 c4 c5 gens all had pop up lights
I'm dissapointed that Motorweek didn't give the Corvette engineers applause for including the volt meter and oil pressure gauge. :D
I'm disappointed that my Ford's voltmeter isn't real... it's just an idiot light with a pointer... it either reads nothing... or half scale... 'Ford had a better idea' ???
I’m a volt meter aficionado. . Oil pressure gauges are overrated.
THE BEGINNING OF THE LS DYNASTY OF ENGINES.
The Corvette of my childhood. Roaring and rumbling LS1 V8 , incredibly sexy styling that evokes real emotions, pop-up headlights. The C5 will forever have a place in my heart.
The C5 has really aged well. I still miss our C5 which was a blast with a 6MT.
97 corvette is a masterpiece from the 90’s and is a fantastic performance bargain these days.
Thoroughly enjoyed owning mine. As a pilot, it is as close to an aircraft as you can get without lift off. If you could think it, it could do it... accelerate, stop, corner... marvelous.
NASA astronauts back in the day were notorious for driving big-block 'Vettes.
The C5 Z06 was about 5 years ahead of its time in performance. I was in my early 20's when I got my 01' Z06, one of most memorable experiences to this day. Hell even today, it can still hold its own performance wise with fresh tires. Obviously the interior is very dated though.
Lol no it wasn't! The C5 zo6 was very good for the time especially for the price but there was at least 20 cars that were ahead of this in almost ever aspect except for price.
@@IrishHooligan86 If price was no object then sure but even now the 01-04 Z06 is a performance bargain.
Timeless car.
#1 favorite generation Corvette of all time
I love this styling with the pop up headlights.
Those glorious, flowing aero curves... somehow they seem to look even better after twenty years. Stole many a heart back in 1997 and really seem to hold up damn nicely against all the overcomplicated tripe churned out by the establishment today...
yea sure buddy.....
i love them in the light grey such a work of art.
Larry N you’re a moron
Algernon Ilfracombe absolutely correct. I have a 2001 6 speed. I have never liked a car more!!!
I actually own a 1997 C5 which was the lowest production number for all Corvette C5 years with under 10,000 produced. I bought it with 50,000 miles 6 years ago it now has 90k and still get compliments all the time because it's Red paint still looks new. Even when I buy a newer corvette I will never sell my first corvette it has sentimental value.
ONe Of KiNd
23 years later and it's still beautiful
That guy destroyed that seat bolster lol
AMEN !!!
No way I would let him in my C5 without first passing the entrance/exit test.
I remember seeing an elderly man driving a rare Corvette C5 Special Edition in bright red with red/black interior at a high school homecoming football game in Branchville, SC in October 2017! It had everything that you expect in a high-end sports car!
This is the vette that put them back on the map. It was a great buy back then. I wouldn't have believed that by 2018, the hot vette would be over 700hp and look like a race car.
Brad Conklin i agree with you to a point, but i believe the 1992 corvette with the new (for 1992) LT1 engine deserves credit for finally getting great power to the base vette 300HP.....where as before if you wanted power with your vette you had to spend more then double the price of a base vette to get the ZR1 vette....
And now a mid engine 6.2L
Possibly the coolest generation vette...
Rick Dangerous yes indeed!!!!
Agree 100%!
Well now we have the C8....that’s one bad ass game changing vette. But I still agree that the c5 was the perfect corvette. It is what a corvette is supposed to be and more. Can’t wait to buy one eventually
@@KSUBSWITHNOVIDEOS-zl9np
The C8 is a game changer for sure, but it just doesn't have the American look that typifies what a Corvette should be, IMO.
Frankly, I think the C7 is a better looking car.
Still looking good in 2021!
I just bought a 1999 torch red corvette c5 with just 87,000 miles and I love it
My 98 Corvette still looks new, I will never sale it! I thinks it’s the best looking Corvette ever made!
The best Corvette generation IMO. Owned everyone in its class in FIA GT.
Kevin Moondust you are 100% correct. The fuck tards that comment LOL or LOLOLO or STFU drive 4 door Honda accords. Know nothing dreamers. If they can’t own, they attempt to put the car down. C5 is a BEAST! Zero rattles too!!
Motorweek, Ive been watching your videos for a while....you never have anything negative to say, even about the Neon....You're good people
Sensei Corey. Well, theres really nothing negative to say about the Neon. No, its not the most refined or best assembled car out there but it is astonishingly honest about its purpose. And it fulfills that purpose very well.
Its a value segment car that gives you near midsized accommodations for compact pricing, it offers more than competitive performance even in its lowest trim, with numbers that dog the SE-R and Si while trouncing those cars entry level variants.
You must be a super nice person. The Neon was a POS, only to be outdone by the chevy blazer......someone had to say it
Sensei Corey. Got any specifics? Like i said, this pos absolutely trounced ever other compact car at the time in raw performance comparing base models. They are still a go-to choice for compact circle track cars because they pack a punch and are more durable than most. They offered more space than most of the class also. They didnt have great fit and finish and their interiors were cheap and prone to breaking, but in over all reliability they were dead average.
In the end they were a perfectly serviceable small car for many people.
DrewLSsix the neon was a unsafe unreliaible car, it has been talked about in consumer reports, the automotive mags of the time.
Larry N. That doesn't address anything I said about the car.... so good for you I guess.
C5 owners unite.
Corvette C5: The car that changed the world.
LS- the ENGINE that changed the world, you mean.
Algernon Ilfracombe No, I meant exactly what I said. You're not a Corvette finatic I take it.
Oh, I like the Corvette, and the C5 was revolutionary in many ways (drag coefficient, weight distribution, hydroforming, active handling, the works), but ultimately I feel the LS series has had a greater impact overall given how long it's endured in various guises and all the vehicles it's been used in... right up to and including the present day. But the C5 is still a seriously good car.
Algernon Ilfracombe Of course, the LS1 had a great impact, but we are talking Corvette not engines. This car was a game changer and made the Corvette what it is today after many bland years (with low sales numbers I might add) of the C4. /discussion
In the end it’s still a corvette that isn’t worth anything. You can find the C5’s for next to nothing!
The real brilliance of the C5 is the chassis. Early on it was let down by the horrible Goodyear runflats, but the right bones were there. The car is only a few parts away from an extremely good track car, even twenty years later.
Lowest coefficient drag of any car at that time. Such a great story of this car. Very interesting!
have you read "All Corvettes are Red"? its EXCELLENT!
I own a c7 now but the c5 is still a beautiful car in 2018
Same here. My first was a C5, then C6, now C7. But i plan to get another C5 in the future hopefully.
Last of the pop-up headlights.... :(
Tractionless I don’t know why that was considered dated. It’s a selling point for me. It’s why I didn’t want the C6 and up.
The best looking Corvette! They haven't been the same without popups.
Car will always be bad ass
This car always looked great
LS swap it.... oh wait.
Nutz4Gunz45 if you want a fast old vette coyote swap it.
@@TheBb6prelude na just ls swap it. itll handle better too cuz it's a lighter v8.
😂😂😂
@@TheBb6prelude come on man stop trolling lol
🤣
most beautiful vette, i wish pop up lamp could make comeback oneday...
So nice to see a video where they actually COMPLIMENT the great interior design instead of trashing it. A glowing review overall, and well deserved!
2:56 "All surfaces have a soft and expensive feel". There must have been a lot of money in that brown GM envelope.
😁😆
No quarter mile times, braking distance stops or slalom test? What happened MotorWeek?
I think that car is more suitable for motorweek to do the track shot of the car racing rather than slalom brake and take off!! Plus they mostly want to show the plant that made the car as well!!
Well, it's not like they're going to create a time machine and go back in time. Unless, Motorweek, along with John
Davis are from the future!
That is not MotorWeeks normal protocol. They dropped the ball on this one for a specific reason.
What was the reason?
Who cares
Corvette is a american heart like an eagle , represent the power of America, thank you USA for make a monster car of all time, this is for you chevrolet 👊🇺🇸
My Corvette was the worst Vette I have ever had out of 39 vettes
One of the best Corvettes I've ever owned lots of room for a big guy like me. Only my 2013 grand sport beats it out but not by much.
I had a 99 ,best corvette ever.
Absolutely game changer! I still have today Corvette's commemorative package mailed to me. 😍
Still my favorite corvette design.
great video. almost like a condensed version of “all corvettes are red” which i read after i bought my 1999 Hardtop last April. amazing car at now 20k miles, bone stock and still smells like new inside.
The first Corvette I ever saw close was the C5. Riding in one of those was like a rollercoaster
But I won two SCCA CFR Solo II Championships with my 2000 C5. I also visited Le Mans with mine and other C5 Registry members back in 2000 as well. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it was/still is beautiful in mine. I bought it after never getting better than 2nd place in my 1997 and 1999 911's. To each their own!
Looking great 20 years later
Man this is so cool to see how amazing the C5 was, I have a C5 Z06 and my entire youtube channel is just POV driving in it. the pop up healights look sooo good when down ha!
I agree, I just use my LED fog lights unless it's really dark. I have a Silver 02 with a blackout kit on all my lights. Looks awesome!
3:06
That’s how you enter and egress your vette.
Hold the windshield.
Matt Mayo hahahaha
Bought a new 2019 Corvette Grand Sport with a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, and it's a fantastic car! Buy one, life is short.
What a car..a classic..looks fantastic even today.
My 2003 FRC Z06 is such an attention getter!
Timeless body design!
Cut my teeth working on this generation of vette at the chevy dealer I worked on out of school. I think I will always love them even if they are tame compared to current sports cars.
I just bought a 03 Z06 with 5k miles, my first vette i love it so far!
I toured the Bowling Green plant on the way to Florida in the spring of 97. It was a thrill and I fell in love with the C5 then and there. I ordered a 98 C5 coupe that fall and took delivery in January. There was a delay because it was a manual trans car. I still have it but it only has 3400 miles. I'll put some more break-in miles on it when I retire in a couple of years. I resisted the temptation to trade it for a C6 or C7 due to my preference for the C5 styling. The newer ones look too much like batmobiles.
Agreed but you should drive it now, tomorrow is uncertain
I'm a huge C5 fan and I've owned 2 so far and am looking for my 3rd! However... this is the first review I've watched where someone actually complimented the C5 interior and said it "feels expensive". I respectfully disagree, but it's a very comfortable car and I don't mind the interior overall, but expensive feeling it is not. It is however very ergonomic and more than acceptable for the time period it was produced. If you're thinking about getting a C5, I couldn't recommend it more. It's one of the most fun cars to drive, period. Also very reliable and mod friendly. I do recommend the 6 speed manual by a long shot. The auto is alright, but the manual is a very enjoyable experience. If you don't know how to drive a manual, learn!
Still a kick ass sports car almost 25 years later
C5 is kinda my favorite vett..
Well, thank God they gave us the all important fuel mileage estimates! ;-)
that's exactly why I bought a Corvette, awesome gas mileage. I have a bridge for sale too.....
It really is helpful though and extremely accurate!
its just a review you half - wits, not a track / street test!
Good looking 🚗💨 timeless piece 🧩
Got to drive one for a day in early 2000s I loved it . I will get one soon .
Best corvette ever made, does everything it needs to be. And is still reliable, easy to work on, fast and easy to make it go faster
I like that they gave credit to the designer, this car still looks great
When the C7 went on sale and someone asked my opinion, I said "This is the first time it looks much different from the 1984 Corvette."
I wanted a C5 even though it looked so similar to the previous Corvette.
Still looks fresh today. I just picked up a 2000 coupe, I still get remarks on the car's looks from people, and it's 22 years old.
That concept looked sick
Best looking vette, exterior-wise.
The C5 saved the Corvette. I had a 2004 Z16 and it was a great car.
Today, $38K would be $61K. The equivalent would be the $60K C8 mid-engined layout that does 0-60 in three seconds and has two truck spaces.
One of the greatest motors of all time!!!
Mike & Jamine Braun cars too
From a purely aesthetic standpoint, the sleek minimalist feline stance of this 1997 model Corvette is far easier on the eyes than the current generation of 'Vette's sporting multiple complex scoops, air intake ducts, and spoilers. Certainly, overall road-handling performance improves with each Corvette iteration that emerges, but that said, some vehicle shapes will stand the test of time, while others clearly won't.
I traded my 99 C5 in for a C6GS. I miss my C5. I wish I would have kept it and put it in the garage. It wasn't worth trading.
The C6 interior looks cheap compared to the C5...l had a 1995 C4 ...l liked the car except for the gauge layout...hate digital gauges...
You were taken by a Stealership. You were probably lucky to have gotten 25% of the value and they resold it for 150%....thieves...
everyone clamoring that the LS1 was weaker than the much more expensive limited run LT4/LT5 models of the C4: the base LS1 was more powerful than the base LT1 it replaced. the LS6 was able to match the ZR-1's power later, and the Z06 didn't cost like $70,000 like ZR-1 (it was ~$48,000 according to the Google), with a superior chassis. it's honestly incredible GM got so much life out of the C4, 13 model years.
Guy 1: What’s your sports car made of?
Guy 2: Metal. Yours?
Guy 1: Balsa wood.
Dork
I own a 98 and love it. My favorite generation.
C5 is one of the best looking Vettes IMO.
Damn I love Corvettes
Best Corvette exterior to this day.
Mine looks like the Bat Mobile
28 MPG is unbelievable for a car in that class.
Corvette designs are timeless, both old and new.
Pop up headlights!
This was the car to have! Still is a great car!! B) .. interesting to 1/4 mile or 0-60 testing.
2:14 The fact that there was actual wood used in the construction of this car is absolutely hilarious.
I always liked the longer back end version.
Great work
I currently own a C5 She close to 19 years old (2004)
You know what, this was the first car i played in my first video racing game in my life.
I’ve never been a corvette fan but I’ve always like the c5 for some reason. There’s something about it that just appeals to me.
Chris_1973 it’s got everything!!!
Love the C5
C5, the last good looking Corvette.
Man Overboard c6*
Shawn Kemp v6 still better looking all corvettes before the c6 had hideous rears c6 perfected the look until the c7 didn't stick to the iconic taillights
Shawn Kemp I think it looks like the c5 but it's more modern refined it still has the same curves but anyways I'm a die hard chevy fan and I own an 08 corvette and thinking to get a c6 z06 on December
Shawn Kemp chevy still going strong and taking out European cars for a fraction of the price
Man Overboard AGREE!!
Very nice and beautiful this Vette
First for the all aluminum "LS1" V8. Its kind of crazy because this V8 architecture is still same stuff that powers your new model year 2021 Silverado truck, Tahoe, Suburban, Denali, Escalade, etc.
Main thing I like is GM put this same damn aluminum block LS1 V8 in the Camaro Z28 and SS. Pontiac got a bit more fancy with their trim levels and offered the LS1 V8 in Firebird Formula, Firebird Trans Am, and Firebird Firehawk trims. Main thing was in any of these F-body trims you were just as fast as a C5 Corvette in the straight line. I had a 1999 Z28 automatic with a modified intake and no muffler. Straight up spanked a new stock C5 automatic and six speed car at the 1/8 mile drag strip.
Just an all around amazing car.
My uncle had one its was good in my kid life
Not many of these left but was somewhat underestimated
Huh? Theres plenty of them around.
first serious driving version of the vette. Still a beautiful design.
The 86 is my favorite but this one is a close second.
I got a complete set of those wheels in perfect shape for $100. That was a common price for them.
I really want a c5